Fact Sheet

The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on State Budgets

States’ experience shows that Medicaid expansion at the enhanced federal match can generate state savings across multiple budget areas. Those savings can be substantial, offsetting most or all of th...

Options to Generate the State Share of Medicaid Expansion Costs

In 2020, states that expanded Medicaid will be required to pay for 10 percent of the program’s costs, with the federal government picking up the remaining 90 percent of the costs of Medicaid expansi...

State Plan Amendment vs Medicaid 1115 Waiver Process and Timelines

As more states consider expanding Medicaid, it is important for legislators and policy-makers to understand that adding expansion features which require federal approval—like a work ...

State Plan Amendment Approval Time Frames

There are various ways that states can change their Medicaid program. A change that complies with Medicaid law, such as a straight Medicaid expansion like those approved in recent ballot initiatives i...

Association and Short-Term Health Plans: A Lose-Lose Proposition

Under the guise of creating low-cost health options, the Trump administration has two new regulations that will have dire consequences for two groups: Young and healthy consumers lured into cut-r...

Clinical Consensus on Medically Necessary Dental Care

Across numerous medical fields, professionals agree that good oral health is critical to overall health, and an important component of treating or managing many diseases. The Clinical Consensus on Med...

The Results Are In: Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work

For legal and political reasons, the Trump administration has characterized using Medicaid waivers to impose work reporting requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries as experimental, relying on Section 1...

Trump Administration Threatens Immigrant Families Fact Sheet

The Trump administration final rule on public charge drastically changes the requirements for certain immigrants to enter the United States and/or become permanent residents. Most immigrants who are e...

People in Your State Are Counting on Congress: Now Is the Time to Add Essential Oral Health Coverage to Medicare

Updated: 7/19/21 These factsheets will help you make the case that it’s time for Congress to ensure that people who rely on Medicare for health insurance can afford oral health care. Medicare doe...